Welcome to Badlands the border town that knows no borders. Badlands
is home to Marshal Mask and his motley
mob of maladjusted misfits, like
his helpful Indian sidekick Pongo, his faithless
horse Sulphur, the old letch
Wilderness Willie, man-hungry Belle
Bottom, Sir Crispin Dry, and Gertrude
Goodbody. In Marshal Mask's hands, the Wild
Frontier is a very wild
place indeed...

A winning pastiche of the legendary
Lone Ranger, Steve McGarry's toon was
was first published in "The Post"
before transferring to the UK's most popular
daily "The Sun", where it ran for
thirteen successful years, from 1989 to 2002.
The strip may be no more now, but McGarry
himself is still going strong. He
operates out of California, and as his handsome
web site reveals, he has
spread his talents right across the cartoon
spectrum, with the likes of
"Pop Culture", "Kid City"
and "Mullets" and much more besides. Indeed, in
2002 McGarry was voted Newspaper Illustrator
Of The Year by the National
Cartoonists Society.

"Badlands" fans would do well
to track down the two strip books published
by Pedigree Books a few years back.

Badlands compilations
published by Pedigree Books

1996 Badlands: Ten Years Of Titters
1995 The Very First Badlands Annual

On
the webSteve
McGarry
This here is the official site for
all things McGarry-fied and it features
strips, character profiles, biographical
info and more besides. Badlands
is here with Pop Culture, Mullets,
et al. There's lots going on here,
actually. Plus there's a regular chance
to win original strips and
McGarry promo pieces - tempting
stuff, eh?